Category Archives: Evangelism

They look so radiant at such an EARLY hour! (You can tell Ellie was pretty worried about all this.)

Yesterday morning, early, we said goodbye to Anna and Mary as they embarked on a long ministry trip. They’ll be gone at least 4 weeks and perhaps closer to 6. We choose to leave the location undisclosed for the privacy of the ministry they are serving with.

My sisters have incredible servant’s hearts, and they’ve been praying and preparing for this over the past weeks. Please pray for their health, safety, and opportunities to share Jesus over and over again. Their lives are radiant testimonies for the Lord, and they have no greater joy than to serve Him! As the Lord brings them to mind, please pray for them.

Although it’s quiet around here (but busy!), we’re excited for the girls. The upcoming blog schedule has some interesting things! Stay tuned.

Love,
Sarah

“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? andhow shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach,except theybe sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet ofthem that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!”(Romans 10:14-15)

While we had a brief county fair report, we wanted to give you a more detailed one. Our family spent much time preparing for the fair with family prayer meetings, banner design, balloon twisting, and face painting practice. For several weeks before the fair, Anna was daily twisting balloons, and Mary was heading over to practice face painting on nieces and nephews.

Anna had learned some complex balloon animal twisting so it often took her as long to make a balloon as it did for Mary to do a face paint. Mary got to where she could do most face paints in 3 minutes and more complex ones were up to 6 minutes. We had a bulletin board with the children’s options for face painting.

As Anna twisted balloons, she talked to children. After each balloon animal was finished and each face paint, the children were sent off with a child’s evangelistic tract. If they weren’t old enough to read, they were encouraged to ask their parents to read it to them.

One family came back a second night and told us they had begun to read the tract to their daughter until the grandstand noise had become too loud, but they were planning to finish it.

Each night, we would go out into the fair grounds and hand out coupons for a free face paint or balloon animal. Then we would go back to our booth and watch the line. When it began to diminish, we would go back out again. Usually that was only necessary two or three times an evening, and then the line would remain.

The girls were busy from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday evening and from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, except for a late afternoon half hour dinner break on Saturday.

While the parents were in line waiting for their child’s turn, we would talk to them and give them a Gospel tract too.

Some of the other vendors in our building told us that they really liked having us in that booth because we drew so many people to the building.

We are praying for spiritual fruit in people’s lives from that outreach ministry.

Trusting in Jesus,
Teri

“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

We were at the fair last week. It was really exciting. We’ve had neat opportunities to talk about Jesus, and the Ten Commandments. The face painting and balloons were a big hit. There’s always a line for each. They really love it! We made so many new friends.

“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3-4)

I’m excited to introduce to you “Lolly the clown.” Can you guess who it is?

Some of us spent Tuesday evening at the Leavenworth County Fair helping a church. “Lolly” handed out free coupons and lollipops. I shadowed her, and universally kids loved her! I was surprised how many people wanted pictures with her too. 😉

We twisted balloons for free thanks to “Lolly’s” coupons. We had a great night.

Love,
Sarah

“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth:and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”Proverbs 15:23

Anna’s thoughts: I love children, and I love sharing Jesus! Balloon twisting at the fair pairs both of those together to make an exciting evening. Children are thrilled when you ask if you can make an animal for them, or if they are older, I like to offer to make a “crazy” hat. While I was twisting the balloon, I would either go through the “Good Person” test with the parents or depending on the age of the child, do it with them. If I didn’t have the opportunity to go through the “Good Person” test, I would give them a Trillion Dollar bill or this booklet. Kids were very happy with both of them and often would ask for more.

Serving Jesus,
Anna

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every
one that believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.”Romans 1:16

We went to two county fairs recently to share Christ. The first one I wasn’t very prepared for, was somewhat uncomfortable, and didn’t think it was very profitable. Yet, it was good because I determined to do better next time.

Other family members were successfully using balloon animals to begin conversations about spiritual things so I went home determined to learn balloon twisting. I soon got to where I could consistently make a fair-looking dog and was content to go with that.

The second night came, and I was really looking forward to it. Equipped with a balloon pump, balloons, tracts, and five dollar bills off we went. I soon found a picnic table to sit on near a food court and began making balloons for some children.

One very articulate ten-year-old young man and I had a great conversation while I made him a crazy hat. I was so saddened to learn that he had never even heard of God’s Ten Commandments. He happily took a tract with them on it to read at home later and prepare for next year, and even asked for some for his friends.

I was able to share with others and was especially pleased when I compared the first fair endeavor to the second one.